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Joining and Naming

The boat is now joined, reinforced, bulkheaded. It is architecturally complete. And it has a name (suggested by my dad, in fine How I Met My Wife fashion).

I’ll let the epoxy cure while I’m in New Zealand, then return to varnish the boat and complete my quiver of paddles.

what is this “How I Met My Wife” you speak of?

I mean obviously I see the link, just don’t grasp its meaning. because I’m probably an idiot.

You aren’t an idiot. I like how How I Met My Wife plays with language, truncating familiar words ("I was very chalant, despite my efforts to appear gruntled and consolate") and flipping familiar phrases ("I was, after all, something to sneeze at").

Gruence isn’t quite a word, but it could be. Whether it evokes congruence or an opposite meaning is an exercise left to the reader.
: )

a ha!

The boat looks beautiful!

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